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Kershaw AO problem?

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Yesterday I received brand new Kershaw Leek, and I have a little problem - knife is not fully opening by itself. After initial push it opens half-way, and I have to push thumb stud again to fully open and lock it. Is my knife defective, or it's just too new? Or should I put a little oil on it?
 
You can try a drop of oil first, if it's still too tight you can loosen the pivot screw very slightly. Don't use too much oil it attracts dirt. I use Militec 1 Oil or RemOil.
 
You might want to try a little oil on it, mine has worked flawlessly since I bought it. The pivot Torx might be just a little too tight also. I am sure that wiser minds than mine will have more help.
 
Ah, yes. You're using the thumbstud on the AO, right?

If you are, you're probably doing it wrong, I know I did. The trick is, at least for me, instead of putting the meat of my thumb on the stud, like I would for a regular folder, I "scrape" my fingernail forward along the side of the scale, so that the back of my nail pushes the stud out. That way, you don't add friction between your thumb and the stud for the AO spring (which only actually pushes about half way, the rest of the opening is inertia) to counteract.
 
I had the same problem and the spring(tortion bar) was split half way through (like a green stick fracture). Kershaw will send you a free replacement spring or you can send it in if you don't think you can replace it your self.
 
those are not the thumbstuds, there are no thumbstuds on the Leek. they are the stop- pin, use the flipper.
 
I use either on my Leek, just make sure you're doing it according to the instructions.
 
It sounds to me like the pivot screw needs to be backed out oh so slightly. That should take care of the issue. Certainly let us know if it doesn't. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 
I had exactly the same problem with my scallion. Tried to loose the pivot, oil it, use grease and anything you can imagine with no success. Finally I found the problem was the torsion bar (spring), It seemed to be ok but was bent and couldn't open the blade. Kershaw sent me without cost a couple of them in a week, awesome customer service.

If your leek is new I'd ask for a replacement.

This is the thread I started about it:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=388758&
 
I had the same problem and the spring(tortion bar) was split half way through (like a green stick fracture). Kershaw will send you a free replacement spring or you can send it in if you don't think you can replace it your self.
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I had the exact same problem--like a "green stick fracture".
Kershaw sent me another tortion bar and it's been good every since.
 
I solved the same problem by doing 2 of the steps suggested beside normal light oiling; 1st) I loosened the pivot by about an eighth of a turn; 2nd) I altered the way I used the thumbstud. Since I often prefer the stud to the flipper, I just had to do it right. You can either use the thumbnail system, which makes you push forward instead of left, or you can use the meat of your thumb, but push FORWARD, not out to the left. Push toward where you want the point of the blade to end up, and it'll go there if the pivot is adjusted correctly.
 
When I bought my Leak at Wal-Mart, the first one I tried did not open all the way. The second one that I tried did. Maybe it still needs a little design work.
 
I don't use the studs for opening my Leek, I use my index finger on the flipper. There may be absolutely nothing wrong with the knife.
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
those are not the thumbstuds, there are no thumbstuds on the Leek. they are the stop- pin, use the flipper.
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Unless you're being facetious, bugger off. They are thumbstuds, and if you seriously disagree, you can go suck on your mom's thumbstuds :p
 
Lucky Bob said:
Unless you're being facetious, bugger off. They are thumbstuds, and if you seriously disagree, you can go suck on your mom's thumbstuds :p
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You need to curb your tongue. :jerkit:

They are no more "thumbstuds" than the ones on the Cuda Maxx. they function as the stop pins, and are pretty much useless as thumbstuds. This is why both knives are designed with flippers. Maybe you have miniature little dwarf hands and like to use the tiny little studs, which might seem functionally sized to one so diminutive- or maybe you are just too dense to figure out how to use the flipper? I don't really care.

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Lucky Bob said:
Unless you're being facetious, bugger off. They are thumbstuds, and if you seriously disagree, you can go suck on your mom's thumbstuds :p
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Please reserve the yo' mama allegations for the Whine & Cheese forum. We talk about knives here in Blade Discussion.
 
Fair enough, Cougar. As for you, Rat: the way I described above works just fine for me, so let's leave it at that.
 
Thanks to everybody for suggestions. I oiled knife a little and loosed pivot screw about 1/8 - now it works perfectly. Thanks!
 
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